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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Luc Capdevila , Daniele Voldman , Richard VeaseyPublisher: Edinburgh University Press Imprint: Edinburgh University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.326kg ISBN: 9780748622986ISBN 10: 0748622985 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 25 July 2006 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1 The War Dead; 2 Identifying the Dead to Mourn them Properly; 3 Armies and States faced with their War Dead; 4 What should be done with Enemy Corpses?; 5 Ways of Bidding Farewell; 6 Ritualised Mourning in Acts of Commemoration; Bibliography.ReviewsThis is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. -- Ana Carden-Coyne The International History Review The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. -- Mark Hatlie,University of Maryland University College on H-War H-Net It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century. -- Thomas M. Hawley, Eastern Washington University American Historical Review This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century. This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. -- Ana Carden-Coyne The International History Review The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. -- Mark Hatlie,University of Maryland University College on H-War H-Net It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century. -- Thomas M. Hawley, Eastern Washington University American Historical Review This is a profoundly useful interdisciplinary study. The book would make a good general survey for undergraduate use in classes on war and society, or Western cultural history. It is thoroughly researched and, for this reason, is a valuable compendium of societal reaction to mass death in war during the twentieth century. Author InformationLuc Capdevila is a Lecturer in Contemporary History at the University of Rennes. He is co-author of Hommes et femmes dans la France en guerre as well as author of many articles on war and culture. Daniele Voldman is Director of Research at the Institut d'histoire du temps present. She has written on oral history, societies at war and French post-war reconstruction. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |